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BERLIN — Scrambling to address a growing Syrian refugee crisis, U.S.
Secretary of State John Kerry announced Sunday that the United States would
significantly increase the number of worldwide migrants it takes in over the
next two years, though not by nearly the amount many activists and former
officials have urged.
The U.S. will accept 85,000 refugees from around the world next year, up
from 70,000, and that total would rise to 100,000 in 2017, Kerry said at
news conference with German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier after
they discussed the mass migration of Syrians fleeing their civil war.
Many, though not all, of the additional refugees would be Syrian, American
officials have said. Others would come from strife-torn areas of Africa. The
White House had previously announced it intended to take in 10,000
additional Syrian refugees over the next year.
Asked why the U.S. couldn’t take more, Kerry cited post-Sept. 11 screening
requirements and a lack of money made available by Congress.
“We’re doing what we know we can manage immediately,” he said, adding
that the U.S. cannot take shortcuts on security checks.
U.S. lawmakers immediately expressed concerns about the potential influx.
The Islamic State group and other terrorist organizations “have made it
abundantly clear that they will use the refugee crisis to try to enter the
United States. Now the Obama administration wants to bring in an additional
10,000 Syrians without a concrete and foolproof plan to ensure that
terrorists won’t be able to enter the country,” said U.S. Sen. Chuck
Grassley, R-Iowa, and U.S. Rep. Bob Goodlatte, R-Va.
“The administration has essentially given the American people a ‘trust me.
’ That isn’t good enough,” according to a statement from the lawmakers,
who head the congressional judiciary committees.
Conditions in Syria have been growing increasingly dire as the civil war
grinds on. As many as 9 million people have been displaced, including more
than 4 million who have fled the country, according to the United Nations.
A letter made public last week and signed by several former Obama
administration officials urged the U.S. government to accept 100,000 Syrian
migrants, and to put in place special rules to speed the resettlement
process. Germany says it will accept as many as a million Syrians this year.
“Current (American) efforts are not adequate,” according to the letter,
signed by Michelle Flournoy, a former senior U.S. defense official who once
was Obama’s choice for Pentagon chief, and Harold Koh, the former State
Department legal adviser. “Humanitarian aid has fallen short in the face of
unspeakable suffering.”
Syrian migrants to the U.S. would be referred by the U.N. refugee agency,
screened by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and resettled around
the country.
“This step is in keeping with America’s best tradition as a land of second
chances and a beacon of hope,” Kerry said. Earlier, he and Steinmeier met
with a group of refugees around a conference table on the wooded, lakeside
resort-style campus of the foreign ministry’s education center outside
Berlin.
The Syrians, who Kerry asked reporters not to name for security concerns,
said the uptick in migration five years into the civil war was being driven
by a collapse of hope that the situation ever will improve.
“I personally came here in search of a future,” said a mother of three
daughters who made it to Germany with her five-year-old but left two others
behind in Syria with her parents. She hopes they all can come, too.
Congressional approval is not required for the Obama administration to
expand resettlement slots, though Congress would have to appropriate money
to pay for the additional effort, Kerry pointed out. Intelligence officials
and Republican lawmakers have expressed concerns that Islamic State
militants could seek to slip into Europe or the U.S. posing as migrants.
In 2011, two Kentucky residents who had been resettled as Iraqi refugees
were accused of being al-Qaida members. They were convicted of terrorism
charges after their fingerprints were linked to roadside bombs in Iraq. That
led to new steps to screen refugees, a process that has been criticized as
slow and bureaucratic.
“Some of the 65,000 that came from Iraq actually were trying to buy stinger
missiles in my hometown in Kentucky,” said U.S. Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky
, a Republican presidential candidate, in a broadcast interview. “So we do
have to be weary of some of the threat that comes from mass migration.”
Even if the U.S. took in 30,000 Syrians over the next two years — an
unlikely outcome, given that only 1,500 have been admitted since the start
of the war — that number would pale in comparison to the hundreds of
thousands that Germany is expected to accept, or the 800,000 Vietnamese that
the U.S. resettled in the years after the Vietnam war.
In Washington, Democratic presidential candidate and former Secretary of
State Hillary Rodham Clinton said in a television interview that the U.S. “
has to do more and I would like to see us move from what is a good start
with 10,000 to 65,000 and begin immediately to put into place the mechanisms
for vetting the people we would take in, looking to really emphasis some of
those who are most vulnerable.”
Logistical and resource hurdles remain. For example, there is no suitable
facility in Lebanon where Syrian refugees can be taken for interviews, so no
interviews are occurring, according to the State Department.
Kerry said the migrant crisis must ultimately be solved by ending Syria’s
civil war and replacing President Bashar Assad.
On that score, Kerry made clear Saturday the U.S. was willing to negotiate
the terms of Assad’s exit with Russia, which is backing his government with
a recent military buildup. The Russians brought in fighter jets and surface
to air missiles that could threaten American plans, much to the dismay of
American officials.
Critics have accused the Obama administration of passivity in the face of
Russian aggression.
After holding out hope Saturday that Russia could help the U.S. fight the
Islamic State, Kerry took a somewhat tougher line on Sunday, saying that he
and the German foreign minister agreed that “support for the (Syrian)
regime by Russia, or by any other country, risks exacerbating the conflict .
.. and only hinders future cooperation toward a successful transition.” | l********g
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应该让住到克里家里去。左B就是这样的，慷他人之慨。
【在 T****t 的大作中提到】
: 克里宣布了
: BERLIN — Scrambling to address a growing Syrian refugee crisis, U.S.
: Secretary of State John Kerry announced Sunday that the United States would
: significantly increase the number of worldwide migrants it takes in over the
: next two years, though not by nearly the amount many activists and former
: officials have urged.
: The U.S. will accept 85,000 refugees from around the world next year, up
: from 70,000, and that total would rise to 100,000 in 2017, Kerry said at
: news conference with German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier after
: they discussed the mass migration of Syrians fleeing their civil war.
| i********r
发帖数: 12113 | 4 是不是又要准备多交税？
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【在 T****t 的大作中提到】
: 克里宣布了
: BERLIN — Scrambling to address a growing Syrian refugee crisis, U.S.
: Secretary of State John Kerry announced Sunday that the United States would
: significantly increase the number of worldwide migrants it takes in over the
: next two years, though not by nearly the amount many activists and former
: officials have urged.
: The U.S. will accept 85,000 refugees from around the world next year, up
: from 70,000, and that total would rise to 100,000 in 2017, Kerry said at
: news conference with German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier after
: they discussed the mass migration of Syrians fleeing their civil war.
| k*******r
发帖数: 16963 | 5 操，美帝1年才8万，纳粹慕尼黑一天就2万5，美帝真是不负责的大国啊 | z*****l
发帖数: 3472 | | z*****l
发帖数: 3472 | 7 一年十几万跟三亿比，倒是不多。只怕开了个口子，导致大坝决堤，从拉美、非洲、中
东涌进几千万（每年几百万，一二十年上亿不是不可能） | z*****l
发帖数: 3472 | 8 一年十几万跟三亿比，倒是不多。只怕开了个口子，导致大坝决堤，从拉美、非洲、中
东涌进几千万（每年几百万，一二十年上亿不是不可能） | s**********d
发帖数: 36899 | 9 现在就每年七万，只增加一万，不定多数还是老中。
【在 k*******r 的大作中提到】
: 操，美帝1年才8万，纳粹慕尼黑一天就2万5，美帝真是不负责的大国啊
| z*****l
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发帖数: 28450 | 11 牛逼
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【在 T****t 的大作中提到】
: 克里宣布了
: BERLIN — Scrambling to address a growing Syrian refugee crisis, U.S.
: Secretary of State John Kerry announced Sunday that the United States would
: significantly increase the number of worldwide migrants it takes in over the
: next two years, though not by nearly the amount many activists and former
: officials have urged.
: The U.S. will accept 85,000 refugees from around the world next year, up
: from 70,000, and that total would rise to 100,000 in 2017, Kerry said at
: news conference with German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier after
: they discussed the mass migration of Syrians fleeing their civil war.
| n**d
发帖数: 9764 | 12 加在一块，人家说的是全世界。
【在 z*****l 的大作中提到】
: 那么多墨西哥的打算怎么办？
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